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Holley v. Cal. Dept. of Corrs.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action by a prisoner claiming that California Department of Corrections grooming regulations requiring short hair imposed...

Schultz v. Windstream Comms., Inc.

Civil Rights, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that an amendment to defendant's pension plan violated ERISA, as well as federal and state age discrimination laws, summary...

Abdulhaseeb v. Calbone

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In an action under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), and 42 U.S.C. section 1983, setting forth claims concerning...

Bailey v. Pregis Innovative Packaging, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against her former employer under the Family and Medical Leave Act, 29 U.S.C. section 2601, district court's grant of summary...

Dodson v. Univ. of Arkansas for Med. Sci.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Education Law, Health Law
In an action claiming that a university's refusal to allow plaintiff control over the disposition of embryos created by plaintiff and her ex-husband...

Whitten v. Fred's, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's claims against her former employer for sexual harassment under the South Carolina Human Affairs Law, district court's grant of summary...

London v. RBS Citizens, N.A.

Banking Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
In judgment debtors' 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against their bank for freezing funds in their checking account, including some of which were Social...

Wrightsell v. Cook County

Civil Rights, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Civil Procedure
In a former inmate's 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit against a county claiming that the failure to make more than a single dentist available to the jail's...

US v. Mardis

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law
In a federal indictment of a defendant for civil rights murder of an enforcement officer and related offenses, district court's denial of a motion to...

Townsend v. Jefferson Cty.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that two deputies at a county jail were deliberately indifferent to the serious medical need of plaintiff,...